Province of Caltanissetta

The province of Caltanissetta is a province in the southern part of Sicily, Italy. Following the suppression of the Sicilian provinces, it was replaced in 2015 by the free municipal consortium of Caltanissetta. The province contains 22 municipalities. Its coat of arms is a red crest and two green leaf stems on top with a laurel leaf on the right and a crown in the middle. The River Salso is the main river of the province; it is long and originates in the province of Palermo, and it flows into the Mediterranean in this province at the end of the Gulf of Gela.

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Bordering provinces and metropolitan cities

In counterclockwise order:

Province of Agrigento, west
Metropolitan City of Palermo, north-west
Province of Enna, north
Metropolitan City of Catania, north-east
Province of Ragusa, east

Geography

The province extends to the central part of Sicily in the northwestern direction where the capital is located. The commune of Resuttano is found in an enclave of the province of Palermo near Caltanissetta between Monte Stretto and Portella del Vento. Another example in the same province is that of the two small localities of Cannetti and Corfidato, two hamlets '' of the municipality of Enna, away, within the territory of the municipality of Caltanissetta. The land extends to the Gela Plain and into the Gulf of Gela, where the main river of the province, the Salso, meets the Mediterranean.

Municipalities

The province has 22 municipalities.